Today, we will talk about the hottest name in the crypto world recently: WLFI.

This is not an ordinary cryptocurrency, as it is backed by the famous Trump family.


Why would a political family get involved in cryptocurrency? What kind of logic is hidden behind the emergence of WLFI?


Today we will take you through the project background, financing history, market performance, future layout, and risk warnings to help you understand the phenomenon of WLFI.

1. What is WLFI?

WLFI, short for World Liberty Financial Token, can be understood in Chinese as '世界自由金融代币'.
Its positioning is a DeFi governance token.

There are two cores in the WLFI system:

  • First, governance token WLFI - used for voting, governance, and participating in major platform decisions;

  • Second, stablecoin USD1 - pegged to the US dollar and US Treasury bonds, aiming to stabilize the US dollar in the global financial system and even further enhance its status as a reserve currency.

The WLFI project was officially established in 2024, headquartered in Delaware, USA. This is also a very typical corporate registration location in the US, with lenient policies and tax incentives.

From the very beginning, WLFI was not a grassroots startup team, but came with strong political labels: personally endorsed by the Trump family. This gives it immense attention while also sowing controversy.

2. Fundraising history and early investment

WLFI will start fundraising at the end of 2024. The earliest angel round price was only 0.015 US dollars, meaning one token was only 1.5 cents.
This group of earliest investors invested only 2.7 million US dollars and obtained a massive amount of chips.

By 2025, the project began large-scale fundraising:

  • In the second round of private placement, the price rose to 0.05 US dollars, with fundraising exceeding 200 million US dollars, sold out in just 53 days.

  • In the subsequent public fundraising/ICO, WLFI directly sold approximately 25% of the tokens, raising as much as 550 million US dollars.
    All in all, WLFI raised more than 700 million US dollars, making it a rare giant fundraising in crypto history.

In other words, the early angel investors who bought in at 1.5 cents have seen their paper profits soar dozens of times with the launch of WLFI.
And the Trump family itself holds about 25% of the total WLFI supply, with paper wealth skyrocketing by several billion US dollars.

3. Market performance and control logic

On the day WLFI was launched, the scene was breathtaking.
The price once surged to 0.40 US dollars, then collapsed to 0.20 US dollars within a few hours, a drop of more than half.
In just 24 hours, the trading volume surpassed 1 billion US dollars, directly entering the top 30 largest tokens globally.

This indicates two points:

  1. The market's attention to WLFI is extremely high;

  2. But its liquidity is not stable, and it is highly speculative in the short term.

More notably, the Trump family holds up to 25% of the token supply.
This means that although WLFI claims to be a governance token, in reality, the control power is almost entirely in the hands of the family.
Moreover, they have taken 75% of the token sale profits through their corporate structure, which has almost turned it into a complete 'family project.'

4. Future layout and application prospects

WLFI is not just a token; it builds an ecosystem together with the USD1 stablecoin.
Based on the currently publicly available information, the Trump family may have the following layout:

  1. Digital Asset ETF
    Relying on WLFI and USD1, develop crypto ETF products to enter the traditional financial market.

  2. Bitcoin mining and reserves
    Subsidiary American Bitcoin is pushing forward its listing plan, expected to expand through IPO or SPAC, while promoting the establishment of a 'national strategic Bitcoin reserve' in the US.

  3. DeFi applications and payment scenarios
    USD1 stablecoin is expected to enter enterprise payments and DeFi protocols, extending the US dollar hegemony into the crypto world.

  4. Token buyback and destruction
    WLFI has already executed its first 47 million tokens destroyed, and in the future may buy back through transaction fees to continuously reduce circulation and create scarcity.

It can be said that their ambition is no longer just a token, but to build a full-chain crypto empire from meme coins to ETFs and stablecoins.

5. Three major risk warnings

Of course, the greater the opportunity, the greater the risk.
The WLFI project must pay special attention to the following three points:

  1. Concentration control risk
    The family holding ratio is too high, with limited market free circulation, making the price susceptible to the influence of a single interest party.
    Ordinary investors find it difficult to enjoy a truly fair trading environment.

  2. Token unlocking risk
    The unlocking mechanism of WLFI is not completely transparent. There have been cases of user funds being stranded during the unlocking process.
    If there are errors in the unlocking process, investors may face the risk of being unable to withdraw funds.

  3. Political and regulatory risk
    WLFI carries strong political labels. If Trump successfully returns to the White House, it may be the biggest benefit;
    But if the regulatory winds change, it could become one of the first targets to be cracked down on.

6. Summary and Outlook

WLFI is an extremely experimental attempt.

It combines 'political influence' with 'capital operation,' completing a rare wealth effect in crypto history in a short time.$WLFI #特朗普家族币